Diurnal variation in serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF binding protein-3 concentrations during daily subcutaneous injections of recombinant human growth hormone in GH-deficient adults

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-68

  Oscarsson, Jan ^a   Johannsson, Gudmundur ^a   Johansson, Jan Ove ^a   Lundberg, Per Arne ^a   Lindstedt, Göran ^a   Bengtsson, Bengt Åke ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031033401     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1997.d01-1740.x     Document Type: Article

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